2/9 Firstly, a look at the most important foreign policy posts in Bidens cabinet 🇺🇸
Secretary of State is Anthony Blinken ✡️
Deputy secretary of state is Wendy Sherman ✡️
Under secretary is Victoria Nuland ✡️
Lloyd Austin is the first African-American Secretary of Defense
3/9 🇺🇸 Intelligence 👁️
Director of National Intelligence is Avril Haines ✡️
William J. Burns is director of the CIA
Deputy Director of the CIA is David Cohen ✡️
4/9 The Council on Foreign Relations is one of the most influential think tanks in the world & the org most responsible for shaping US foreign policy
The President of the CFR is Richard Haass ✡️
Chairman is investment banker David Rubinstein ✡️
Vice-chairman is Blair Effron ✡️
5/9 Chatham House is the British version of the CFR (they were originally one entity but split). It is the most influential British foreign policy think tank 🇬🇧
The current chair of Chatham House is Nigel Sheinwald ✡️
6/9 Another influential American think tank is the RAND corporation 🇺🇸
The President of the RAND corporation is former civil servant Jason Gaverick Matheny
Vice-president and chief of staff is Jennifer Gould ✡️
7/9 The European Council on Foreign Relations is an influential pan-European think tank with offices in seven European capitals 🇪🇺
The President of the European CFR is Mark Leonard ✡️